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REFERENCE TABLE OF International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) PHONEMIC SYMBOLS
(RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION)
1 Consonants of English 2 Pure vowels of English
/ f / fat, rough / iː / beat, keep
/ v / very, village, love / ɪ / bit, tip, busy
/ ɵ / theatre, thank, athlete / e / bet, many
/ ð / this, them, with, either / æ / bat
/ s / sing, thinks, losses / ʌ / cup, son, blood
/ z / zoo, beds, easy / aː / car, heart, calm, aunt
/ ʃ / sugar, bush / ɒ / pot, want
/ ʒ / pleasure, beige / ɔː / port, saw, talk
/ h / high, hit, behind / ə / about, sudden
/ p / pit, top / ɜː / word, bird
/ t / tip, pot, steep / ʊ / book, wood, put
/ k / keep, tick, scare / uː / food, soup, rude
/ b / bad, rub
/ d / bad, dim 3 Diphthongs of English
/ g / gun, big / eɪ / late, day, great
/ tʃ / church, lunch / aɪ / time, high, die
/ dʒ / judge, gin, jury / ɔɪ / boy, noise
/ m / mad, jam, small / aʊ / cow, house, town
/ n / man, no, snow / əʊ / boat, home, know
/ ŋ / singer, long / ɪə / ear, here
/ l / loud, kill, play / eə / air, care, chair
/ j / you, beyond / ʊə / cure, jury
/ w / one, when, sweet
/ r / rim, bread
/ ʔ / uh-oh
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